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If you want to enjoy the valuable benefits that come with BIBA membership - for example, our schemes alone could repay your subscription many times over - simply complete and return the following form.
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Company Name:
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Trading Name (if different):
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Address:
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Postcode:
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Telephone:
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Fax:
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Company Email Address:
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Website:
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FSA Regulation: Please note that we will not accept new membership applications from firms that have not applied for regulation by the FSA.
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Please give your FSA number:
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If you have applied to the FSA, please tick to indicate that you have received a minded to authorise letter
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Type of Business:
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Number of Current Agencies:
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If a new business, please
enter projected figure
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Contacts
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Please advise us of the following staff members we should contact in reference to:
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BIBA Membership
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Contact Name:
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Email:
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Compliance
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Contact Name:
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Email:
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Training and Competency
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Contact Name:
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Email:
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Staff
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Please give the total number of staff engaged in general insurance. Include directors, principals,
executives and support staff. Staff who hold posts in more than one subsidiary in a group of companies should be counted only once.
Staff numbers are used to calculate your subscription - Part-time staff are weighted 50% in the calculation.
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Total number of staff:
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Full time:
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Part time:
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Do you class your company
as a:
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Other
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Business Details
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Do you conduct your business
from any other addresses:
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Trading name (if different), Address, Telephone,
E-Mail & Contact name:
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Do you have any associated
companies?:
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Have you ever traded under a
different name?
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Please give your main reasons for joining BIBA |
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Are you a member of another trade, educational, professional body or marketing group?
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References
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Please give the names and address of two referees. These must be insurance companies for which you act as broker, and/or Lloyd's underwriting syndicates with which you transact business. It would really help us to process your application speedily if you could let us have e-mail details of your referees.
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Reference1: Company Name,
Contact Name, Address,
Telephone, Fax and E-Mail |
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Reference2: Company Name,
Contact Name, Address,
Telephone, Fax and E-Mail
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Special Schemes
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BIBA offers the public access to a computerised register of its member's special schemes (eg thatched property, house boxes). If you would like to be included in this register, please list your special schemes below.
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Areas of Specialised business:
Please select the areas of specialised business that you offer. This info will be available to the public via the Find a broker section of the BIBA website. To select more than one entry, hold down the CTRL key.
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BIBA Membership Rules:
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BIBA requires all members of the Association to maintain professional standards at all times and comply with the members’ charter. BIBA members shall therefore comply with the fundamental principles governing the professional conduct of insurance brokers or intermediaries.
When a member is part of a group of companies which includes other insurance brokers or intermediaries, those other insurance brokers or intermediaries should also be members of the Association. Any breach of this rule will be referred to the BIBA board.
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When a member is part of a group of companies which includes other insurance brokers or
intermediaries, those other insurance brokers or intermediaries should also be members of the
Association. Any breach of this regulation will be referred to the BIBA board.
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BIBA reserves the right to make any enquiries considered necessary when considering an
application for membership. The association will not divulge reasons for rejection or delay in the
approval of any application.
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I declare that I have included in this application details of all insurance broking and intermediary
business connected by way of common directorships, shareholding, ownership etc.
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Declaration
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I have read the current membership rules of the Association and, on becoming a member of BIBA,I undertake to observe the provisions of the Articles of Association. I understand that the Association reserves the right to amend conditions of membership from time to time.
I agree that BIBA may take up the references given. understand that, if our application is successful, we will be invoiced separately for our membership
subscription.
I declare that I have included in this application details of all insurance broking and intermediary businesses
connected by way of common directorships, shareholding, ownership or howsoever.
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Name:
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Date(dd/MM/yyyy):
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For and on behalf of: (name of applicant business)
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BIBA respects the privacy of our members. Please see below for a summary of our data collection policy.
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Or print out and return to:
Membership Department, BIBA, 8th Floor John Stow House, 18 Bevis Marks, London EC3A 7JB
enclosing your application fee, cheques made payable to BIBA..
Tel: 0844 77 00 266 Fax: 020 7626 9676
Email: enquiries@biba.org.uk
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For Office Use Only
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Data Collection Notice for BIBA Website
BIBA and its agents may use your personal data: (i) to process your membership application or renewal(s); (ii) for the ongoing provision of membership services, including but not limited to notifying you of BIBA accredited and sponsored programs or conferences; (iii) if you are an active BIBA member, to list you on the Find a Broker area of the BIBA website; (iv) to conduct surveys, contests or promotions and for market research; (v) as required by law or regulatory authority; (vi) for the prevention of fraud and (vii) for marketing other BIBA products/services to you, unless you notify us otherwise by ticking the relevant box(es) or by writing to us at Membership Department, BIBA, 8th Floor, John Stow House, 18 Bevis Marks, London EC3A 7JB. This may include passing your data to any relevant regulator, scheme provider, partner member or other third party company to allow them to contact you with relevant information. BIBA may also pass on your personal data to trustworthy third parties to contact you with information about their services and products, unless you indicate in the registration process (eg by ticking the relevant box(es)) or subsequently notify us that you do not wish to receive such material by writing to us at Membership Department, BIBA, 8th Floor, John Stow House, 18 Bevis Marks, London EC3A 7JB. You consent to the transfer of your personal information to a country/territory outside the European Economic Area (which may not provide the same data protection for you) in the unlikely event of processing outside the EEA. Please see our privacy policy http://www.biba.org.uk/privacy.html for further details.
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